Accuracy
Every specific factual claim in a Pagebreakarticle — dates, figures, quotes, named-source attributions — must be supported by a source we can link to. When sources disagree, we say so in the piece and cite the disagreement. When something can’t be confirmed, we hedge or omit rather than guess.
Sources
We prioritize primary sources over secondary ones: regulatory filings over press coverage of those filings, official statements over reporting about those statements, named experts over anonymous quotes when both are available. Every published piece lists the sources used.
When we use anonymous sources, we tell you why anonymity was warranted (legal exposure, professional risk, ongoing investigation) and we don’t use anonymous sources for opinions — only for facts the source has direct knowledge of.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we correct it. The correction shows up in the article’s update log with the date and what changed. We don’t silently edit the original text. If the correction is significant — a fact that changes the meaning of the piece — we add an editor’s note at the top of the article so a reader can see it before the body.
Email corrections to corrections@pagebreak.co. We read every one. We respond to most within 48 hours.
Conflicts of interest
When a writer covers a topic they have a financial, professional, or personal stake in, the piece will say so. Examples: a writer reviewing a product they previously consulted for, a writer covering a company a family member works at, a writer with a publicly stated stance on a contested issue.
When the conflict is severe enough that disclosure isn’t sufficient, we assign the story to someone else.
Affiliate links
Some articles include affiliate links to products we recommend. When we link to a product through an affiliate program, the article makes that clear. Affiliate revenue does not influence which products we recommend or what we say about them. If a product we recommend turns out to be bad, we’ll say so — we’ve walked away from affiliate relationships before when they conflicted with what we’d tell a friend.
Ads and sponsorships
Display ads (currently AdSense) appear in articles and are clearly distinguished from editorial content. We don’t run native ads or sponsored content designed to look like reporting. If we ever publish a sponsored piece, it will be labeled “Sponsored” in the title and the byline, and the editorial team won’t have written it.
Plagiarism
We don’t copy. When we quote someone, we attribute the quote and link to the source. When we summarize another publication’s reporting, we credit them by name in the body and link to their piece. Lifting prose without attribution is grounds for unpublishing the article and removing the writer from the masthead.
What you can do
Hold us to these. If you spot a claim that doesn’t hold up, an attribution that’s wrong, a conflict we should have disclosed but didn’t — tell us. The corrections email above is the fastest route. We will read it. We will respond.